Letters: State voters did not approve right-to-work

Mar. 26, 2013

In response to the March 23 letter "Abide by right-to-work," which stated that "the citizens of Michigan voted for right-to-work last November by a wide margin":

The people of Michigan did not vote for right-to-work this past November. Prop 2 was not a simple yes-or-no vote for right-to-work. The people of Michigan simply did not want the Constitution amended. However, this is not stating they did or did not want right-to-work. These are two separate issues.

Right-to-work only came to be as it was passed by lawmakers with little debate and during a lame-duck session and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder into law amid angry protesters.

Prop 2 did not give the go-ahead to pass right-to-work. This was done by Gov. Snyder and his anti-labor-agenda cronies.